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As Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 campaign has progressed, the Republican has emphasized his support and affection for Jan. 6 rioters. The former president has defended them<\/a> as \u201cvictims\u201d and \u201chostages.\u201d He has promised to reward them with pardons<\/a> \u2014 including those who violently clashed with law enforcement. He has helped rioters raise money<\/a>, and at one point he even released a song<\/a> with Jan. 6 inmates.<\/p>\n

But as it turns out, there was still room for him to fall further.<\/p>\n

During a Univision town hall event, a man named Ramiro Gonzalez told Trump that he had lost his support, in part because of his handling of Jan. 6. \u201cI want to give you the opportunity to try to win back my vote,\u201d the Floridian \u2014 who described himself as a Republican \u2014 told the former president.<\/p>\n

After pretending he wasn\u2019t responsible for summoning the Jan. 6 crowd to the nation\u2019s capital, Trump said: \u201cNothing done wrong. At all, nothing done wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on say, in reference to the insurrectionist violence, \u201cThere were no guns down there; we didn\u2019t have guns. The others had guns, but we didn\u2019t have guns.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just so we\u2019re all clear, when Trump referenced \u201cwe,\u201d he was aligning himself with the violent criminals \u2014 some of whom carried guns<\/a>, his latest lies notwithstanding. Similarly, \u201cthe others\u201d was in reference to law enforcement personnel.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post published an analysis<\/a> that noted, \u201cIt\u2019s actually not the first time Trump has seemed to do this. But the last time, Trump\u2019s comments weren\u2019t so clear, and he apparently caught himself. At last month\u2019s presidential debate, Trump cited \u2018we\u2019 before shifting to \u2018this group of people.<\/a>\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Circling back to our earlier coverage<\/a>, the day after the assault on the Capitol, the then-president said<\/a>: \u201cLike all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem.\u201d He went on to describe the riot as a \u201cheinous attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reading from a prepared text, Trump added: \u201cThe demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol have defiled the seat of American democracy. … To those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction: You do not represent our country, and to those who broke the law: You will pay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five days later, the Republican condemned<\/a> the \u201cmob [that] stormed the Capitol and trashed the halls of government.\u201d On the final full day of his term, again reading from a script, Trump added: \u201cAll Americans were horrified by the assault on our Capitol. Political violence is an attack on everything we cherish as Americans. It can never be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nearly four years later, Trump not only \u201ctolerates\u201d the rioters\u2019 crimes, he\u2019s associating himself with the rioters.<\/p>\n

The Republican is not just rewriting history and relitigating insurrectionist violence in the race\u2019s final weeks, he\u2019s also engaged in a bizarre fight pitting the January 2017 version of himself against the October 2024 version.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fight he\u2019s losing because it\u2019s one he can\u2019t win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Steve Benen<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Steve Benen is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the editor of\u00a0MaddowBlog\u00a0and an BLN political contributor. He’s also the bestselling author of “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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